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WINDY PAGE 28 PRIDE IN WINDY THE PARK AGENT OF Inaugural concert event CITY held in Millennium Park. Photo of co-headliner PROUD TO RUN Steve Aoki by Jerry Nunn CITY 38th annual event introduces half-marathon. PAGE 27 THE VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, Photo of Mayor Lori Lightfoot (center) by Carrie Maxwell VOL 35, NO. 04 NOV. 13, 2019 VOL 35, NO. 06 DEC. 11, 2019 CHANGE TIMESTRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 PAGE 4 THETIMES VOICE OF CHICAGO’S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, VOL 34, NO. 30 JULY 10, 2019 www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com PAGE 16 TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985 VOTINGCANDACE MARIANNE VOL 34, NO. 29 JUNE 26, 2019 50TH THEIRGINGRICH CHOICE WILLIAMSON www.WindyCityMediaGroup.com ANNUAL LGBTQs make gains in Presidential nationwide elections. candidate talks PRIDE LGBTQ rights. Photo of Danica Roem 20TH ANNUAL 30 UNDER 30 AWARDS CHICAGO Photo by Matt Simonette SOUTH from official Facebook page page 55 GENERATION STONEWALL PRIDE SIDE 8 LAVERNE COX page 31 First-ever range of events HRC President Alphonso David. celebrate Pride on the PARADE SKI RUN 6 Photo by Kat Fitzgerald (www. Stonewall anniversary is South Side. Trans star talks success, love and secrets MysticImagesPhotography.com) celebrated. Photo of Chicago Black Gay Men’s Out athlete/actor Gus Caucus by Matt Simonette Photo by Julia Hale Kenworthy talks skiing, PRESENT PAGE 12 PAGE 30 'Horror Story' TENSE Photo courtesy of Alexis Sadoti COUNTRY STAR TY HERNDON WHAT'S Part two of our page 74CHICAGO BANDITS’ ALESHIA OCASIO annual Holiday page 14 18 Gift Guide. Print of A to Ziggy by WORK IN GOING ON Jason Brueck, courtesy of A LIFETIME OF Jackson Junge Gallery ADVOCACY Gay Chicagoan PROGRESS Activist David Mixner 20-24 tells all in intimate brings nuances of talk. Chicago series Photo from SCREEN Pride Films and Plays foster system to GRAB Matthew Modine and Shane PAGE 13 ups the THIS IS Paul McGhie in Foster Boy. Winter movie 9 Photo courtesy of Foster Boy the big screen CHICAGO PRIDE FEST roundup. page 78 Antonio Banderas in queer ante the film Law of Desire. @windycitytimes /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com Image courtesy of @windycitytimes /windycitymediagroup @windycitytimes www.windycitymediagroup.com the Gene Siskel Film Center PAGE 16 G O S I Abby McEnany. N steppenwolf.org | 312-335-1650 T ON G

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DISTRIBUTION Windy City Times: Average 9,000 copies biweekly, in addition to 1,200 full PDF downloads online • 400+ outlets in the Chicago and suburban • Heavy concentration of papers Downtown, region Near North and North Lakefront • From Northwest Indiana, to Rockford, the • Online: Over 5,500 weekly E-blast subscribers Southwest Suburbs to the North Shore • 120,000 unique monthly website visitors KNOW THE LGBTQ MARKET The LGBTQ consumer is smart, savvy and spends their dollars with those who support the community.

of LGBTQ community members agree that they tend to support 78% companies that market to and support the LGBTQ community.*

of LGBTQ community members agree that companies that support 76% LGBTQ equality will get more of their business this year.*

of our readers learned about OUT OF OUR READERS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS: TRAVEL a company’s LGBTQ-inclusive 62% outreach through ads in purchased an airplane LGBTQ media 69% ticket.

purchased a hotel stay. of our readers have made 64% 53% a conscious decision to taken a long vacation make a travel purchase over (5 or more days). the last 12 months at least 45% partially due to a company’s LGBTQ-inclusive outreach

AUTOMOBILES EDUCATION Windy City Media Group generated enormous interest among their readers in this year’s LGBT Consumer Index “Survey. Out of approximately 100 print and online media partners who participated in the survey, Windy City was the best performing regional media in the U.S. Only survey partners 17% 79% with a nationwide footprint were able of our readers have of our readers have to generate a greater number of purchased or leased a earned a Bachelor’s responses. new car in the past year. degree or higher. David Marshall, Research Director, Community Marketing, Inc. DINING ”

76% DEMOGRAPHICS of our readers have had dinner 73% male-identified; 23% female-identified; at a restaurant at least once in 4% transgender/other-identified the past 7 days. 79% have a college degree (Bachelor’s or higher) 54% own or co-own their own home 15% own or co-own their own business 31% legally married to a spouse/partner

Average income: $61,400 Ages: Statistics compiled from Community Marketing, Inc. survey, 2018, of readers of Windy City Times. 11.6% 25-34 * Statistics compiled from Community Marketing, Inc. survey, 2018, of all readers of all media 13.3% 35-44 outlets who participated in that year’s survey. 23.1% 45-54 31.6% 55-64